Three Hearts and Three Lions in Beyond Reality

Aug 10, 2008 Stephen rated it really liked it

Shelves: easton-press, audiobook, quests, 1930-1953, moorcocks-broken-sword, fantasy, faeries

"Don't play coy with me Mr. 'one middle name isn't good enough for me.' What the hell does R.R. stand for anyway?"

"Rich and Ridiculously famous."

"Why you arrogant S.O...."

"Just kidding, Poul. Now what do you want?"

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Sep 21, 2015 Bradley rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, 2016-shelf, sci-fi

I was charmed from the get-go for I knew that this was a classic, more SF/F Andersonian mix, a retelling of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and that is exactly what I got.

There's plenty of old adventure that's a little less nuts than White's Arthurian adventures, with a bit more in the straight adventure arena, including a sphinx/troll Scene, clever science fixes for epic battles, swooning women, time travel, witches, Faery courts, dragons, hidden memories and unbreakable promises. ...more

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Jun 09, 2010 Althea Ann rated it it was ok

Originally published in 1953, this book was selected for reprint as part of the "Fantasy Masterworks" series, so I thought I would check it out.

Holger Carlsen is a Danish-American engineer, who, while involved in a daring attempt to smuggle people out of Nazi-occupied Denmark, finds himself mysteriously transported to a medieval-esque land on the border of Faerie. He awakes naked, with no memory of how he arrived in this place - but finds a knight's steed and trappings sitting next to him, ready ...more

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Aug 01, 2018 Tom Britz rated it it was amazing

This novel is Poul Anderson at his swash-buckling best. He is bawdy and funny and the action is fast. Holger Carlsen was an orphan who was raised in Denmark, leading a fairly normal life, until the Nazi machine stepped forward. Then while on a mission for the underground resistance Holger disappears and is "translated" into another world, one where magic, dragons, witches and trolls are all real. Holger is without memory of this land, but his body does remember and through his many adventures, h ...more

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Dec 07, 2011 Sandi rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: scifi-fantasy-horror-althistory, read-2011

Loved this classic fantasy that had great characters and a thrilling plot with no excess filler. Listened to the audio version read by Bronson Pichnot who really threw himself into all the different accents and dialects.

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